# Open string pieces and tunes using the finger pattern 0-1-34 # Quality original pieces from rock to calypso # Careful introduction of new notes and rhythms # Simple slurs and dynamics # Easy duets # Scales and arpeggios in the keys of G, D, and C major, one octave # CD with performances of all the pieces to play along to - jazz and rock numbers add drumkit # Book of straightforward piano accompaniments available 32 pages 25 July 2002 Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell Kathy Blackwell is an experienced peripatetic string teacher, currently teaching privately after many years working for Oxfordshire County Council. She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups. Her determination to find the very best pieces - well written and accessible, tuneful and catchy - led directly to the creation of the Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time series. David Blackwell has worked in publishing for Oxford University Press and ABRSM. He has conducted both adult and children's choirs, and published several fine choral arrangements. He has contributed pieces to several instrumental tutor books as well as co-writing Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time.